The complexity of the concept of justice in Sophocles’ Electra
Other Title(s)
التباس مفهوم العدالة في مسرحية سوفوكليس اليكتر
Author
Source
Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series
Issue
Vol. 34, Issue 3 (30 Jun. 2019), pp.47-58, 12 p.
Publisher
Mutah University Deanship of Academic Research
Publication Date
2019-06-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
12
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Topics
Abstract EN
This paper examines the complexity of the concept of justice in Sophocles’ tragedy Electra.
While the main characters claim to be righteous and just, Sophocles subtly presents them as murderers and morally bankrupt.
Electra persuades her brother, Orestes, to avenge the death of their father, Agamemnon, who gets murdered at the hands of their mother, Clytemnestra, not because she seeks justice, but to achieve praise from the public through protecting the paternal bloodline of her family.
Sophocles does not present Electra as a heroine who deserves admiration, but rather as a murderer and deceptive who forfeited joy and stability of her family.
He also does not trivialize or justify the crime of matricide and suggests that justice cannot be attained through violence and deception.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ghazw, Nuh Ibrahim Salih. 2019. The complexity of the concept of justice in Sophocles’ Electra. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series،Vol. 34, no. 3, pp.47-58.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-905493
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ghazw, Nuh Ibrahim Salih. The complexity of the concept of justice in Sophocles’ Electra. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series Vol. 34, no. 3 (Jun. 2019), pp.47-58.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-905493
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ghazw, Nuh Ibrahim Salih. The complexity of the concept of justice in Sophocles’ Electra. Mu'tah Lil-Buhuth Wad-Dirasat : Humanities and Social Sciences Series. 2019. Vol. 34, no. 3, pp.47-58.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-905493
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 57-58
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BIM-905493